Beer with a Scientist topic: No cure for aging

The next Beer with a Scientist program will shed light on the “incurable” condition of aging.

Against the Grain Brewery

Leah
Siskind, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology at the
University of Louisville, will present “Everyone is Aging: So Why Haven’t We
Found a Scientific Cure?” from 8-9 p.m., Wednesday, July 16, at Against the
Grain Brewery, 401 E. Main St.

Admission is
free. Purchase of beer, other beverages or menu items is not required but is
encouraged.

The Beer
with a Scientist program is now in its third month and is the brainchild of
University of Louisville cancer researcher Levi Beverly, PhD. Once a month,
the public is invited to Louisville’s Against the Grain brewpub for exactly
what the title promises: beer and science.

Beverly
created the monthly series as a way to connect with people who don’t have
scientific backgrounds but want to know about scientific topics. “We lose sight
of the fact that most people have never even met a PhD, never talked to one,”
he said. “(However) whenever I go someplace, if I strike up a conversation at a
bar and I tell someone what I do for a living, they always have questions. It
leads to a whole conversation.”

Against the
Grain’s Sam Cruz believes Beer with a Scientist bridges what he sees as a
disconnect between scientists and the general public. “If you don’t know about
something, it’s hard to care,” he said. “I think that’s why this works; what
we’re doing with these talks is letting people take the time to think about
these things.”

Organizers
add that they encourage Beer with a Scientist patrons to drink responsibly.